Preston North End 16 Jan 1954

Preston North End	2	-	1	Liverpool
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.16)

1	Dave Underwood
2	Barry Wilkinson
3	Frank Lock
4	Geoff Twentyman
5	Laurie Hughes
6	Bob Paisley
7	Brian Jackson
8	John Evans
9	Sammy Smyth
10	Kevin Baron
11	Billy Liddell

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.5)

George Thompson

Willie Cunningham

Joe Walton

Tommy Docherty

Joe Marston

Billy Forbes

Les Campbell

Bobby Foster

Charlie Wayman

Jimmy Baxter

Angus Morrison

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Manager: Don Welsh

Opposition manager: Scott Symon

Referee: Ellis AE

Attendance: 27,000

Half-time score: 1 - 0

Game number: 2120

League game number: 1927

Liverpool league position: 22nd

Preston North End league position: 9th

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Liverpool

Preston North End

27'

Bobby Foster (0–1)

HT 0–1

60'

Charlie Wayman (0–2)

Kevin Baron (Sammy Smyth) (1–2)

71'

Full time 1–2

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion	27	18	4	5	70	36	+34	40
2	Wolves	27	17	5	5	64	38	+26	39
3	Burnley	27	17	0	10	60	44	+16	34
4	Huddersfield Town	27	13	8	6	47	32	+15	34
5	Bolton Wanderers	27	12	9	6	48	38	+10	33
6	Manchester United	27	10	11	6	49	37	+12	31
7	Charlton Athletic	27	13	2	12	53	50	+3	28
8	Arsenal	26	10	8	8	50	46	+4	28
9	Preston North End	27	12	3	12	57	40	+17	27
10	Chelsea	27	10	7	10	48	50	-2	27
11	Blackpool	27	9	8	10	45	50	-5	26
12	Cardiff City	27	10	6	11	30	48	-18	26
13	Newcastle United	28	8	9	11	46	51	-5	25
14	Tottenham Hotspur	27	11	3	13	41	46	-5	25
15	Portsmouth	27	7	9	11	55	62	-7	23
16	Aston Villa	26	10	3	13	40	45	-5	23
17	Sheffield Wednesday	28	10	3	15	47	64	-17	23
18	Manchester City	27	8	7	12	36	51	-15	23
19	Sheffield United	27	8	6	13	46	54	-8	22
20	Sunderland	27	8	5	14	53	62	-9	21
21	Middlesbrough	27	8	4	15	40	58	-18	20
22	Liverpool	27	5	6	16	47	70	-23	16

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Starting Lineup (Average age 27.16)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 27.5)

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